Incident summaries and correspondence

 Incident summaries  
Patient Safety Update » May 2013
Patient Safety Update » 1 October - 31 Dec 2012
Patient Safety Update » 1 July - 30 September 2012
Patient Safety Update » 1 Apr - 30 June 2012
Patient Safety Update » Jan 2012 - Mar 2012
Patient Safety Update » 1 Oct - 31 Dec 2011
Patient Safety Update » 1 July - 30 September 2011
Patient Safety Update » 1 April - 30 June 2011
Patient Safety Update » July 2011
Patient Safety Update » 27 Feb - 3 Oct 2010
Patient Safety Update » 11 Aug 2009 - 26 Feb 2010
Patient Safety Update » 20 May 2008 - August 2009
SALG statements and reports  
 

Visit www.rcoa.ac.uk/WSB  to download a new initiative to prevent Wrong Site Blocks. STOP BEFORE YOU BLOCK is a scheme of work, summarised in an eye-catching poster, with an accompanying PowerPoint presentation and background information to ease implementation at a local level.

AAGBI members may be aware that in November 2010 SALG produced a safety notification entitled Wrong Site Blocks During Surgery. Following that notification we received feedback from safety network members all over the country on local protocols to prevent Wrong Site Blocks. Nottingham University Hospitals volunteered the STOP BEFORE YOU BLOCK scheme. The scheme was circulated for consultation and is now endorsed by SALG.

SALG is now working on a portfolio of other work carried out to prevent or measure Wrong Site Blocks and these will soon be made available on the RCoA website. If you have any work that you would like to share on this topic please get in touch with SALG via SALG@rcoa.ac.uk.

 June 2011
Wrong Site Blocks During Surgery » November 2010
Report of the findings from a pilot project concerning double checking of anaesthetic drugs » October 2010
Safer spinal (intrathecal), epidural and regional devices » October 2010
Safety Notification on Total Intravenous Anaesthesia (TIVA) » October 2009